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TB42E....REBUILD OR REPLACE???

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TB42E....REBUILD OR REPLACE???

Post by M@s93GQ »

gday all

I have a tb42e that has done over 450,000kms without any major work, it is becoming very lethargic and low on compression and overheating under load. the head gasket does leak.
to cut a long story short, i am looking for any tips/advice as to whether i should rebuild the tb42e, or replace with a td42 or something similar.
obviously i want to do this for as cheap as possible, and will be doing most of the work myself.
any help would be much appreciated

Matt
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Post by ludacris »

If your on a budget, rebuild. Diesel conversion won,t be cheap unless you are lucky.

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Post by AFeral »

Second hand tb42 can be picked up for $500 personally I would buy one of these and chuck it in. Would take a few of these engines to equal the price of a rebuilt engine.
Anything is possible, it just comes down to time and money.
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Post by M@s93GQ »

thanks guys, i am leaning towards a rebuild. but how far do i go?
do i just do the top end? or go all the way?
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Post by YNOT »

With that many kilometers on it, I'd be rebuilding the bottom end as well.

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